The African Report on Child Wellbeing series is a pan-African project initiated to promote state accountability to children and mobilise legal, policy and administrative actions towards progressive realisation of the ideals and principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC). The Report regularly assesses the extent to which African governments are living up to their commitments to children and provide critical analyses of strengths and weaknesses of national efforts made to put in place child-sensitive laws and policies and effectively implement them.

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) launched the African Child Information Hub (InfoHub) in November 2006. The main objective of the InfoHub is to create a forum to facilitate the exchange of information, ideas and experiences on matters relating to children. The InfoHub features a database of child-focused organizations , Data and Statistics on indicators of the wellbeing of children in Africa, the African Child E-Newsletter, News , an events calendar, reports, documents and research publications on the state of children.

The International Policy Conference on the African Child (IPC) is a major biennial event aimed at promoting policy dialogue on the rights and wellbeing of children in Africa. Since 2004, there have been six IPCs bringing together political leaders, leading thinkers, policy makers, activists and experts from governments, civil society, academia and international non-governmental organisations from within and outside Africa. It has within a relatively short period of time become a high-powered event, and the premier forum on children’s issues in Africa.

The Larissa Award draws attention to, documents and rewards good practice models in advancing the cause of children in Africa and encourages their replication. The specific purpose of the Larissa Award is to give recognition and encouragement to exemplary initiatives that made Africa a better place for its children. The Award seeks to project a positive image of a continent that is often portrayed only as one of doom and gloom. The Award covers a broad range of areas such as health care, education, nutrition, disability, and care for orphans.

The African Child Policy Forum organized the first in its series of policy conferences on the African child from 21 to 22 May 2004 at the African Union Conference Hall, Addis Ababa, on the theme of The African Child and the Family.

The international community now acknowledges that violence against children is a serious problem and cause for concern. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as many as 40 million children under the age of 15 are victims of violence every year

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) organised and conducted the Third International Policy Conference on the African Child on the theme of Child Poverty in Africa from May 12-13 2008 at the UNECA conference centre in Addis Ababa.

In the last two decades, African governments have made tremendous strides towards the realisation of children’s rights, from sanctioning domestic child rights instruments, such as the African charter on the rights and Welfare of children (ACRWC),

It is estimated that there are over 58 million orphaned children in Africa. Africa has for generations relied on informal alternative care mechanisms such as the community and the extended family system for support and survival of those in need, especially children.

Child wellbeing means a lot of things. It is about children being safe, well, healthy and happy. It is about children’s opportunities to grow and to learn. It is about positive personal and social relationships

Budgeting is a process of crucial importance, through which governments’ financial resources are generated, prioritised, allocated, executed and controlled. As the key policy document of the government

This report provides a detailed description, analysis and synthesis of the situation of children with disabilities across Africa, and gives concrete recommendations for future policy and programme reform.

This report, The African Report on Violence against Children, the first comprehensive analysis of violence against children in Africa, comes at an opportune moment in the history of child rights in Africa and the world.

Most governments in Africa have formally acceded to the relevant international treaties on children. However, the extent of their commitment varies widely, and the gap between promises and reality remains wide in many countries.

Most people, not only parents, have an emotional affection for children, particularly young children. one reason for this is that children are easily perceived as innocent. Children are seen as vulnerable and powerless, and therefore in need of protection and support. Children cannot be ‘evil,’